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Family Portraits in Las Cruces: Robin and Family!

rozilynn — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:53:38 +0000

This afternoon we caught up with Robin and her family – she’s about to deploy for Iraq soon, and they wanted to get some family portraits done before she has to leave. They drove up from El Paso and met us here at the studio, where we captured a few quick photos. After that, we headed down the road for some more shots down by one of our favorite fences.

Thank you Robin for all you do for our country, we wish you well on your deployment!

Roz and Jason

Las Cruces Family Portraits: The Mott Family!

rozilynn — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:11:44 +0000

Wow, with Christmas creeping up on us, we’ve been behind on our blogging! Not so long ago, we met up with the Mott family for their family portraits, and here they are! First, we met up at at playground where the families two youngest sons (now grown up) used to play when they were young. They really wanted to do some portraits on the playground, so we played and got some fun shots of everyone horsing around. After that, we headed out to the desert for some more traditional work, and some nice portraits of grandma near her home.

Finally, we all headed to grandmas house for some portraits around the piano, and we captured this great shot of the whole family. I really love the black and white shot of grandma by the piano – they brought it all the way across the country when they moved here, because the piano has been in the family for a long time, and she’s played it all her life. What a wonderful, fun and sweet family, we really had a blast doing your family portraits!

Roz and Jason

Grants Senior Portraits: Michelle

rozilynn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:15:36 +0000

Yesterday Michelle, her mom, and her best friend came down to Las Cruces to have Michelle’s High School Senior Portraits taken – all the way from Grants! Michelle is super gorgeous – beautiful red hair and a gorgeous smile! We were so excited for her session! We’d been planning for her session for awhile now, and we couldn’t have been blessed with better weather. Fall is in full color here in the Mesilla Valley, and we took full advantage of the wonderful light out there!

When Michelle called us, she was super excited about our Rio Grande sessions, and really wanted some shots in the river. We were a little nervous about it, I’ll admit – being the end of November, I was worried that we’d all freeze to death in the Rio. Yes, it was cold. It was absolutely worth it! The good news is, the river is low right now, so rather than the usual hip deep wading we do during these sessions, it was only shin high. Cold though it was, we had the best time splashing around, and laughing at each other.

Michelle, we had such a great time with you and your family, thanks for making the four hour drive to see us! Best wishes for your senior year!

Roz and Jason

College Senior Portraits: Darcell

rozilynn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:02:15 +0000

Darcell is about to graduate from NMSU in Biology, and is then headed off to vet school! What an accomplishment! When her mom contacted us about shooting some portraits for her graduation announcements, we decided to capture some images of her around Las Cruces, as well as trying to get some shots of her with the fall colors. Since Biology is her major, we headed over to NMSU as well as some other places around town and had a blast shooting!

We wish you the best in following your dreams Darcell!

Roz and Jason

Las Cruces Children Portraits: Sheridan

rozilynn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:52:19 +0000

It’s certainly family and child portrait season around here – with the holidays coming up, everyone is hurrying in to get their images taken for Christmas cards and family gifts. Last week we had Sheridan and her mom Stephanie in the studio for a quick session for their cards; and the idea was to get Sheridan to make sweet faces and naughty faces for their card concept. Sheridan is a total sweetheart, and full of energy – such a joy to photograph every time we see her! Here’s a quick compilation of the many faces of Sheridan! What do you think she’ll get in her stocking this year?

Roz and Jason

Family Portraits in Las Cruces: The Ortega Family!

rozilynn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:49 +0000

On Friday, Jason and I met up with the Ortega family for their family portraits. We went all over town – stopping first to get some shots in front of the mountains, and then later on to the Rio Grande and Mesilla! This season is always so popular for family portraits in Las Cruces – the leaves are just starting to turn and the weather is crisp and perfect!

This family was such a joy to work with – they tramped through the desert without complaint! We’ll see you guys in the studio around Thanksgiving!

Roz

Family Portraits in Las Cruces: Emma at the Corn Maze!

rozilynn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:49:23 +0000

Sunday night we met Emma and her parents down at the Mesilla Valley Corn Maze for some portraits! Emma’s mom Julie really wanted some shots of her in the pumpkin patch, playing around; and some family portraits as well. The Corn Maze is such an excellent place to go for portraits – even though there’s an admission fee, it’s well worth the price! There’s tons to do, an amazing pumpkin patch, and a new maze design every year.

The first thing we did is hop on the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch! You wouldn’t believe how many pumpkins they still had out there – must have been 10,000 of them! We had so much fun taking shots of Emma as she went from pumpkin to pumpkin, judging which one was the best, finding the biggest, and generally having a great time. Then we loaded back up on the trailer and headed over to the corn maze itself! We got some really cute shots of the family, and of Emma in the maze – she’s so dynamic and full of life!

We shot around the grounds a little bit, and while we took some photos of her parents together, Emma went and got her face painted at a nearby booth – you can see the result – a beautiful butterfly! What a perfect choice for such a sweet free spirited little girl!

Then it was time to say goodbye – but Jason and I hung out for a little bit and had some roasted corn, it’s the best!

Thanks guys for such a fun shoot!

Roz

Jeanette & Jelilah: Engaged in Las Cruces!

csoul — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:09:06 +0000

Jeanette and Jelilah took us around Las Cruces last Saturday for their engagement session! We began the afternoon Downtown, where our favorite shot in front of the Rio Grande Theater was modified by an outdoor art exhibit. After some careful thought and discussion, we decided that the stack of blue jeans was supposed to be a yucca – but we’re still not 100% sure about that. In need of refreshment, we made a Starbuck’s pit stop before heading towards the NMSU Botanical Gardens and Mesilla. We wrapped up the day with portraits in front of the mountains.

We’re looking forward to photographing their wedding next fall at Kent Hall. Jeanette, Jeliliah, it’s always great working with you; we can’t wait to see you again!

Jason

Megan: Onate Senior

csoul — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:50:23 +0000

Megan is in the choir at Onate, and also very involved in drama, so it was natural to take her downtown for images at the Black Box and Rio Grande theatres. As usual, we did a few in the studio before heading out. She had a brand new yellow coat that she wore for the session, and we also shot a few in her choir dress. My favorites may just be the ones with her cute hat; they turned out with a great Broadway flair.

Jason

*Correction: Megan actually is an Onate Student – she was referred by one our Mayfield reps, so we got confused! Sorry about that Megan!

Dayana: Mayfield Senior

csoul — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:16:11 +0000

Dayana took her piano and sketchbooks to the foot of the Organ Mountains for some amazing portraits last week. The partly-cloudy sky at sunset provided great shadows and contrast for her session, and having the piano out in the desert provided a totally different type of contrast! Dayana’s Mom and Dad and brother helped us get the piano in place; it was much too awkward for one person to move. We think the resulting images were completely worth the hassle though!

Jason